Sam Harris (born 1967) is an American neuroscientist, philosopher, and podcast host best known as one of the "Four Horsemen" of New Atheism alongside Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and Daniel Dennett. His podcast *Making Sense* reaches a large audience on topics spanning free will, meditation, [[AI Safety]], and political polarization. Harris has been a controversial figure in the [[Culture War]], criticized from the left for his positions on Islam and race science while also clashing with the right, positioning him as a contested node in the intellectual dark web adjacent to [[Jordan Peterson]] and [[Joe Rogan]].